Tag: Salvation
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Father, may your Church, made up of many different people of many nations, be a beacon of hope, that points them to a Living Hope, in Jesus. Amen
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Grace……..Lord forgive when I forget how much Grace you have given me, and I forget to do the same to my own children, and to those around.
Our God, is the same, yesterday, today, and tomorrow……
Our God, is the same, yesterday, today, and tomorrow……
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Our God, is the same, yesterday, today, and tomorrow……
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The verse here does not say it’s one or the other requirement. Both are required! Lord, help us remember, to examine our hearts and mouths on a regular basis. May you strengthen us, through your spirit, to regularly do BOTH.
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God’s timing is not our timing
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The Prophet Jeremiah’s words from God, to the exiled Israelites, for their disobedience for following false prophets. Later, in God’s own timing, he would restore them.
Follow Jesus’s Example
Ephesians 5:1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;”
Ephesians 5:2 and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God 2as a fragrant aroma.
2 Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us. The Lord is the supreme example in His self-sacrificing love for lost sinners (4:32; ROM 5:8–10). He took human sin upon Himself and gave up His very life that men might be redeemed from their sin, receive a new and holy nature, and inherit eternal life (see note on 2Co 5:21). They are henceforth to be imitators of His great love in the newness and power of the Holy Spirit, who enables them to demonstrate divine love. a fragrant aroma. Christ’s offering of Himself for fallen man pleased and glorified His heavenly Father, because it demonstrated in the most complete and perfect way God’s sovereign, perfect, unconditional, and divine kind of love.
“Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.” Philippians 2:12-13 NIV
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See notes below from MacArthur Study Bible
2:12 obeyed. Their faithful response to the divine commands Paul had taught them (cf. Ro 1:5; 15:18; 2Co 10:5, 6). work out your salvation. The Gr. verb rendered “work out” means “to continually work to bring something to fulfillment or completion.” It cannot refer to salvation by works (cf. Ro 3:21–24; Eph 2:8, 9), but it does refer to the believer’s responsibility for active pursuit of obedience in the process of sanctification (see notes on 3:13, 14; Ro 6:19; cf. 1Co 9:24–27; 15:58; 2Co 7:1; Gal 6:7–9; Eph 4:1; Col 3:1–17; Heb 6:10, 11; 12:1, 2; 2Pe 1:5–11). fear and trembling. The attitude with which Christians are to pursue their sanctification. It involves a healthy fear of offending God and a righteous awe and respect for Him (cf. Pr 1:7; 9:10; Is 66:1, 2). † 2:13 God who is at work in you. Although the believer is responsible to work (v. 12), the Lord actually produces the good works and spiritual fruit in the lives of believers (Jn 15:5; 1Co 12:6). This is accomplished because He works through us by His indwelling Spirit (Ac 1:8; 1Co 3:16, 17; 6:19, 20; cf. Gal 3:3). to will and to work. God energizes both the believer’s desires and his actions. The Gr. word for “will” indicates that He is not focusing on mere desires or whimsical emotions but on the studied intent to fulfill a planned purpose. God’s power makes His church willing to live godly lives (cf. Ps 110:3). good pleasure. God wants Christians to do what satisfies Him. Cf. Eph 1:5, 9; 2Th 1:11.
STOP, trying to earn Grace!
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We must, stop trying to earn Grace. When we truly believe the Gospel, we understand that in no way, can we measure up to Gods standards, but by surrendering ourselves to his mercy, and allowing him to transform us, by his spirit and his word in our lives.
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